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Married to Charles Stevens; Mother of Violet and of Charles Edmund Stevens born in Hampshire (c1901-1959) whose eldest daughter, Violet, born in Liverpool, only remembers that her grandmother came from the west country (possibly Cornwall) I've found all these with your help - thank you. Discovered that before he went to Newbury, Edmund Stevens came from a village just up the road from where we live now - very surprising.

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Births Jun 1893 (>99%)
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Stevens Charles Edmund Havant 2b 412


Census 1901

1901 England Census
about Charles Stevens
Name: Charles Stevens
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edmund
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Warblington
Ecclesiastical parish: Emsworth St James
Town: Emsworth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Havant
Sub-registration district: Havant
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 95
Household Members: Name Age
Edmund Stevens 39
Elizabeth Stevens 36
William Stevens 16
Cecil Stevens 15
Ethel Stevens 13
May Stevens 11
Ida Stevens 9
Charles Stevens 8
Dora Stevens 6
Edward Stevens 4


Marriage?

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Marriages Dec 1883 (>99%)
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DRIDGE Elizabeth Havant 2b 769
STEVENS Edmund Havant 2b 769


Andy

Have you got Charles Edmund's marriage certificate with his father's name on it, or are you absolutely sure it was Charles Stevens? Also, do you know when Charles Edmund's sister, Violet, was born (older or younger than Charles) as cannot place them in 1911?
Thanks

This is the 1901 Charles in 1911, father widowed, and no sign of Violet:
STEVENS, Edmund Head Widower M 50 married 28 years, 14 children, 13 living 1861 General Labourer Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Charles Son Single M 18 1893 Butcher Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Dora Daughter Single F 16 1895 Domestic At Home Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Edward Son Single M 13 1898 School Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Samuel Son Single M 9 1902 School Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Arthur Son Single M 7 1904 School Hants Emsworth
STEVENS, Norman Son Single M 5 1906 School Hants Emsworth
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5472 Reference: RG14PN5472 RG78PN250 RD89 SD1 ED9 SN141
Registration District: Havant Sub District: Havant Enumeration District:
9 Parish: Warblington Address: 36 Queen Street Emsworth County:
Hampshire

Do you know where Charles Edmund Stevens died, so we can work out his birth date (possibly)?
Thank-you

Births Jun 1894 (>99%)
Stevens Violet May Newbury 2c 234 Scan available - click to view
Births Jun 1898 (>99%)
Stevens Violet Mary Hartley W. 2c 187 Scan available - click to view
Births Jun 1903 (>99%)
Stevens Violet Edith Portsmouth 2b 401 Scan available - click to view
Stevens Violet Elizabeth A Farnham 2a 129 Scan available - click to view
Births Mar 1904 (>99%)
Stevens Violet May Stockbridge 2c 123 Scan available - click to view
Births Sep 1904 (>99%)
Stevens Violet Beatrice Havant 2b 398 Scan available - click to view

Dorothy

it would help is you could be more precise about where in Hampshire that Charles and Violet were born

also do you know the occupation of their father and any more info on him, date and place of birth......

I'm astonished and a bit overwhelmed by the rapid response: thank you.

My mother (Violet, born 1923, daughter of Charles Edmund) knows very little about her father's family: Charles Edmund Stevens was "a year or two" younger than his wife, Bertha, who was born in 1900. Violet was younger than him, and lived in Whitchurch, Hampshire in later life, and that is probably where the family came from. She never married. Now my mother's just told me there were other siblings, including a sister Ethel. (Mum's 87, her memory's not the best but she's trying to help)
Charles was married, and spent the rest of his life, in Liverpool, where he died in 1950 after being an invalid for some years (I remember that)

I'm sure of the Stevens. The family may have lived in Whitchurch Hants when Charles and Violet were born: Violet, who didnt marry, lived there till she died, and her grandchildren remember local people saying the family had lived there a long time (I only heard that today)

Charles E died in 1950, in Liverpool - that's the only thing that I'm absolutely certain about, as I was 4 at the time, and I remember it. The record of deaths indicate he was 66 which conflicts with my mother's information.

According to age at death he must have been born c1884.

You really need his marriage cert for a better idea of his age.

Christine

Tree on Ancestry has him born -


Births Dec 1883 (>99%)
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STEVENS Charles Edmund Kingsclere 2c 232



married Bertha Griffiths in 1921 in Liverpool -

died Liverpool 1950


There is a living Stevens.



Marriages Jun 1921 (98%)
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Griffiths Bertha Stevens Liverpool 8b 4
Stevens Charles E Griffiths Liverpool 8b 4

1901 England Census
Name: Violet Stevens
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Newbury, Berkshire, England

Civil parish: Whitchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: Whitchurch All Hallows
Town: Whitchurch
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Whitchurch (Hampshire)
Sub-registration district: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 52
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Stevens 47
Daisy Stevens 13
Violet Stevens 7
Ethel Stevens 4







Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1112; Folio: 53; Page: 8.

1911 -

STEVENS, Mary Head Widow F 58 1853 Maintained By Sons Hants Overton VIEW
STEVENS, Violet Daughter Single F 17 1894 Jam Bottle Labler Berks Newbury VIEW
STEVENS, Ethel Daughter F 14 1897 Berks Newbury VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
6313 Reference:
RG14PN6313 RG78PN302 RD111 SD1 ED6 SN65

Registration District:
Whitchurch Sub District:
Whitchurch Enumeration District:
6 Parish:
Whitchurch

Address:
Belgrave Whitchurch Hampshire County:
Hampshire

Births Jun 1853 (>99%)
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Purdue Mary Ann Whitchurch 2c 155

Marriages Jun 1880 (>99%)
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Purdue Mary Ann Hampstead 1a 1096
Stevens Edmund Hampstead 1a 1096

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Edmund Stevens
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Spouse Name: Mary Ann Purdue
Spouse Age: 27
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 7 May 1880
Parish: St Mary, Kilburn
County: Middlesex
Borough: Camden
Father Name: George Stevens - Bootmaker
Spouse Father Name: George Purdue (decd) - Bricklayer



Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Kilburn, Register of marriages, P81/MRY, Item 006


Edmund's address - Overton, Hampshire
Mary's address - 130 Alexandra Road, Kilburn


Witnesses - George Thomas Beak and Sarah Jane Purdue

Thank you, I will.

That's wonderful: I'll follow them up and see what happens. How very kind people are!

Thank you Choccy that's a lot of information, I shall start working on it: There are two of Charles and Bertha's children living: Norma and Violet . There are also 35 or more grandchildren, and some great grandchildren. Are you related? You seem to have the information at hand - or do you just know where to look?